Dining room chair slip cover



rmg. 3E, 1937.. I.. MEDNICK DINING ROOM CHAIR `SLIP covI Filed Jan. 28, 1935 1N VEN TOR. Ea Mmwf:

Patented Aug. 31,` 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT oI-"FICE 2,091,825 DINING ROOM CHAIR SLIP COVER Leo Mednick, Philadelphia, Pa.

Application January 28, 1935,

dining room chairs 2 Claims.

what and slip covers for has for its object the provision oi' a new and improved cover for this purpose.

Dining room chair covers now on the market consist of independent back rest and seat cover portions. lowing reasons:

These are objectionable for the fol- (a) It is comparatively diiiicult for the merchant to handle and display the unit. In handling or upon display the elements of a pair often become separated.

(b) The unit cannot be used dining room chairs.

. (c) Each pair is of with all types of a certain specic size. The

merchant must therefore carry not only a plurality of different patterns but also a great many different sizes oi each particular pattern.

It is an object of this invention to produce' a be comparatively simple to use manufacture and to In one of its broad aspects my novel cover consists of a back rest portion and a seat portion joined together by a flexible intermediate element.

In another oi its broad aspects my novel cover consists of a back rest por tion and a seat portion joined together by a flexible and extensible interbe incorporated in a of which may include my novel ideas. For my invention I have which is attached hereto one of the many structures into which my concepts may be embodied.

In the draw-lng, Figure 1 oi my novel cover mounted upon a is a perspective view dining room arm chair as the ensemble appears when viewed from a point in front of the chair with the chair in a normal position-upon a door. Portions of the cover and chair have been broken away for the pu Figure 2 is a fragmentary section the line 2-2 or" Figure i.'

rpose of greater clearness. The

where the back slats taken along Figure 3 is a perspective view or" my novel cover shown in Figure 'i mounted upon a dining room arm chair of the type slats terminate a distance where the back rest above the chair seat Serial No. 3,822

as the same appears when viewed from a point in the rear oi the chair with the chair in a tilted position, Portions of the cover have been broken away for the purpose of clearness.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary section taken along the line 4- of Figure 3,

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a fragment of a cover consisting of the intermediate or joining member and'the portions of the back rest and seat portions contiguous thereto.

Referring more particularly to the drawing wherein similar reference letters and reference numerals denote similar parts my cover I consists of a back rest portion 2, a seat portion 3, and a joining portion l intermediate the said seatand back rest portions.

The back rest portion 2 is pocket like in form with the pocket mouth 5 at its lower end as shown. The front panel l of the back rest portion 2 has the apertures 2t formed therein to accommodate the arms A of the chair C. In order to permit the back rest portion 2 to be drawn over the back rest member B of the chair C past the 'arms A of the said chair that portion of the back rest portion 2 below the point P is split. The front and rear panels 'l and 8 respectively of this split portion 9 of the back rest portion 2 are separably joined together by means of the cooperating male and female elements l i and l2 respectively of the snap fasteners il).

The seat portion 3 consists of the seat element i3, the skirt element Hl, and the chair attaching strap l5. The side portions il of the skirt element lli have the cutouts i9 formed therein which accommodate the uprights U of the arms A of the chair C. The rear element i8 o the skirt lll is split to form two arms 2@ and' 29' as shown. The free ends 2l and 2l of the arms 28 and 2U respectivelyl are separably connected by means of the cooperating male and female elements of the snap fasteners l carried by the said skirt arms 2U) and 2li. The strap i5 is made up of the twol rubber elem'ents 22 and 2t' separably connected by means of the cooperating hook member 25 and the eye member it of the fastener 2l. The. outer ends 23 and 23 of the straps 22 and 22' respectively are attached to the side elements il of the skirt it and to the edge of the seat lelemale elements 29 and 3D respectively of the snap fastener 3I as shown.

It is obvious from its structure that the dining room chair cover I hereinbefore described can l be used with any type of dining room chair. If

one desires to use the same on a chair of the type shown in Figure 1 Where the slats reach to the chair seat then the intermediate or joining portion 4 will fold up on itself and take the position shown at 32 in Figures 1 and 2. If one desires to use the cover on a chair of the type shown in Figure 3 where the back slats are spaced from the chair seat then the intermediate or joining portion 4 will assume the position shown at 33 in Figures 3 and 4. The male and female elements 29- and 30 of the snap fasteners 3| are preferably joined together when the cover is in the operative position upon a chair. Where the chair back is higher than normal the snaps 29 and 30 are unfastened and the intermediate portion will extend itself upwardly the distance necessary. The slack, if any, will assume either the position shown in Figure 1 or that shown in Figure It depending on the type of chair with which the cover is to be used. 'Ihis extensibility of the intermediate portion adapts it for use with chairs varying greatly in size.

Although the cover I shown in Figures l to 5 can be used with plain dining room chairs instead of dining room arm chairs yet I prefer to make the following changes in the cover shown when the same is to be used with plain dining room chairs:

(a) The tubular back rest portion is made con- 35 tinuous by eliminating the apertures 24, the snap fastener elements and sewing together the free edges of the panels 'I and 8 between the points 34 and 35.

b) The slots or cutouts I9 are eliminated from 40 the skirt sides II with theI result that the surface of the element I1 is continuous'.

The above disclosure is to be understood as being by the way of illustration and not by the way of limitation since many changes may be made in 45 the disclosure herein shown without departing from the spirit of my invention. For this reason it is my desire that the claims which are hereunto appended for the purpose of defining my invention should be limited only by thefprior art.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and useful is:

1. A slip cover for a dining room chair having a back rest and a seat the lowermost surface of which is spaced from the surface which normally 55 supports `the chair; the said cover consisting of a back rest portion having means formed thereon for detachably attaching said back rest portion to the back of the chair with which said slip cover will be used; a seat portion consisting of a seat cover element, a freely pendant skirt attached along its upper edge to the front and side edges of the said seat cover element and terminating in two free arms each of said arms having attached thereto one of the cooperating elements of a separable fastener, and oppositely disposed straps fordetachably attaching the said seat portion to the said chair seat, at least one of the said straps being made of resilient material and each of said straps being attached at one of its ends to the said seat cover and skirt portions and having one of the cooperating elements of a separable fastener attached thereto near the free end thereof; a flexible and extensible portion positioned intermediate and attached to said back rest and seat cover portions; and cooperating elements of a separable fastener carried by said flexible and extensible portion for retaining the folds of said exible and extensible portion when not in the fully expanded position.

2. A slip cover for a dining room chair having used; a seat portion consisting of r a seat cover element, a freely pendant skirt at-l tached along itsupper edge to the front and side edges of the said seat cover element and ter- LEO MIEDNICK. 

